[UO Herald] Return to Britannia!

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Someone once mentioned something about the best laid plans of mice and men. I think you can also add Ultima Online into the mix now.

Today we have officially opened the gates for all players in good standing to return to Britannia. All accounts have been opened and former players can login using their original user name and password. (Forgot them? Contact EA Customer service at http://support.ea.com) Accounts will remain open through October 16th to allow former players the opportunity to get reacquainted with the game and community. Spread the word to friends and family - there has never been a better time to return to Britannia!

In all honesty, we were lining up several other announcements to coincide with the Return to Britannia campaign, as well as with the true launch date of Ultima Online’s … but the server fairies had other ideas. So stay tuned for an exciting announcement about 11th and 12th year veteran rewards, as well as other fun goodies planned for the live game over the next few weeks.

For those of you who returned to play Stygian Abyss, or simply to become reacquainted with the game you’ve enjoyed and perhaps missed over the past 12 years, we wish to say, “Welcome Back!” Don’t be overwhelmed by the scads and scores of quests and things to do. Make your way through as you always have. The areas you knew and loved are still here, but some of the faces may have changed.

What you will find is the same Britannia, with its legends and lore, and the capacity to shape your experience as you see fit.

I can login fine on my account. The account is an old account way over 30 days. Yet I'm trying to buy a SA upgrade code from uogamecodes and getting my account is too new and I need to wait 30 days. My only guess is cause my account is not active and on this free time (I can login, acct-managment just says suspended)? Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?

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In all honesty, we were lining up several other announcements to coincide with the Return to Britannia campaign, as well as with the true launch date of Ultima Online’s … but the server fairies had other ideas.

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In all honesty, we were lining up several other announcements to coincide with the Return to Britannia campaign, as well as with the true launch date of Ultima Online’s … but the server fairies had other ideas.

Sounds like you're logging in on the account page. Just login through UO. All that asks for is an account name and password.

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Nope, this is in game.
"Your account has been blocked for one of the following reasons:
1. Your billing information is invalid or expired.
2. Your game time has expired
3. Your account has been temporarily suspended
4. Your account has been terminated blah blah blah."

This account hasn't been used in years, and his account was in good standing since inception.

I have a feeling I am not the only one this is happening to, so hopefully a dev will say something.

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Nope, this is in game.
"Your account has been blocked for one of the following reasons:
1. Your billing information is invalid or expired.
2. Your game time has expired
3. Your account has been temporarily suspended
4. Your account has been terminated blah blah blah."

This account hasn't been used in years, and his account was in good standing since inception.

I have a feeling I am not the only one this is happening to, so hopefully a dev will say something.

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When was the last time it was used? It could be that someone hacked it and went and got banned. You could try calling customer support and see what the deal is with the account.

So I decided to start playing again, and I read about this whole return to Britannia thing, and decided to see if I could recover my old account. Well, I've been trying and so far haven't had any luck. The thing is I can log into My UO, but when I look for my characters, it says there aren't any! Now it's been a while, but I thought the username and passwords for My UO are the same as the ones you use to log on? Am I mistaken?

I'll probably start a new account just s I can start to play again, and try to recover my account later.

All in all, I'm excited to start playing again! It's been an uphill battle to get the Internet at my house, but now I'm ready to roll!

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So I decided to start playing again, and I read about this whole return to Britannia thing, and decided to see if I could recover my old account. Well, I've been trying and so far haven't had any luck. The thing is I can log into My UO, but when I look for my characters, it says there aren't any! Now it's been a while, but I thought the username and passwords for My UO are the same as the ones you use to log on? Am I mistaken?

I'll probably start a new account just s I can start to play again, and try to recover my account later.

All in all, I'm excited to start playing again! It's been an uphill battle to get the Internet at my house, but now I'm ready to roll!

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MyUO won't have your characters displayed. They will only display characters that have been logged onto within the last 30 days. So even active accounts have characters that might seem to be missing.

Your account info is the same on both the account page of the website and the game. You need only enter it into the game, however, to start playing. They also have account recovery resources. If you know the email you used with your account, you can enter that in and it will send the account information to you.

Everything is fine. I called EA on a completely different issue, and I brought up the subject of my old account, and all he asked me for was the username, and and my birthday. Then he sent me the password via email. It was easy and to top it all off my house was still standing. I about fell out of my chair.

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In all honesty, we were lining up several other announcements to coincide with the Return to Britannia campaign, as well as with the true launch date of Ultima Online’s … but the server fairies had other ideas. So stay tuned for an exciting announcement about 11th and 12th year veteran rewards, as well as other fun goodies planned for the live game over the next few weeks.

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So, uh... are these announcements not happening this week? Because, I'll be honest, another anniversary passing without even a mention of it is a bit disheartening. I understand you've got all the SA bugs to work out, but this is setting a bad precedent.

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